White Thunder (Ella Clah)

ISBN: 0765350343

Author: Aimee Thurlo

Condition: Used

FBI agent Andrew Thomas has disappeared after interrupting a Navajo ritual being performed by a group of medicine men or hataaliis. Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is assigned to the case over the objections of Thomass supervisor, who unfavorably recalls Ellas time with the FBI and believes her to have received special treatment because she is Native American.Determined to find the missing man, Ella studies Thomass latest casea fraud investigationand finds that evidence is missing or has been tampered with. Clues lead both to the interrupted Sing and to Ellas old friend, FBI agent Blalock. Ella knows Blalock is incapable of assaulting one of his own menbut that leaves the focus on the hataaliis.The fraud trail leads through a maze of paperwork, banks, government offices, mortuaries, and into the Navajos most dearly held-beliefs about death. Only by finding the truthand fastwill Ella be able to save Andrew Thomas.